Bonanza - Season 14

Bonanza - Season 14

Season 14

Network
Episodes16
DatesSep 12, 1972 - Jan 16, 1973
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Episodes

Forever (1)
Season 14Episode 160 min

Forever (1)

Little Joe finds true love in newcomer Alice Harper. Following a courtship, the two are engaged. Unlike most of the Cartwrights' previous girlfriends, Alice makes it to the altar. Joe and Alice are starting their new life together, and she soon becomes pregnant. All appears well, as Joe and Alice start their new life together in their new home ... until one day Joe is out. Alice's indolent brother owes money to a ruthless businessman and has not yet paid, so they find Alice instead. When she can't pay the debt, they brutally kill her and burn Joe's house down.
Sep 12, 1972
Forever (2)
Season 14Episode 260 min

Forever (2)

Little Joe learns of the tragic and savagely brutal circumstances of Alice's death and is determined to bring her killers to justice. While a good part of this episode focuses on the pursuit of the thugs that killed Alice, what made this episode was a moving scene where Ben comforts Joe over the death of his new wife. Sitting in the smoldering ruins of what was Joe's new home, Ben (who rarely gets emotional) and the ever-emotional Joe really grieve for Alice.
Sep 12, 1972
Heritage of Anger
Season 14Episode 360 min

Heritage of Anger

Ex-con John Dundee, a friend of the Cartwights, is being released from prison. Ben tries to help John readjust to society, but John wants revenge on those who sent him to prison - namely, ex-business partners, Anders, Bartlett and Sangster. Worse, the bad guys, who are friends with a corrupt lawman, are hatching a plan to send John back to prison ... this time, for murder.
Sep 19, 1972
The Initiation
Season 14Episode 460 min

The Initiation

Jamie's friend, Ted Hoag, is unfairly blamed for the death of another young fellow during a club initiation. In the end, it's a lesson in responsibility for the boys of Virginia City School.
Sep 26, 1972
Riot!
Season 14Episode 560 min

Riot!

While at the Nevada State Prison to inspect conditions, Ben is taken hostage in a riot. The riot is an attempt by frustrated inmates to expose horrific conditions at the prison. While Joe and Candy plan to resolve the situation, Ben begins a friendship with Griff King (who isn't exactly receptive), and helps communicate the inmates' demands to the warden and state prison board.
Oct 3, 1972
New Man
Season 14Episode 660 min

New Man

In what was essentially the second part of a two-part episode centering on Griff King, the young parolee arrives at the Ponderosa and is hired as a ranch hand. Ben, Joe and the others exercise patience as they tries to help an arrogant, resentful Griff adjust to society and life an honest life.
Oct 10, 1972
Ambush at Rio Lobo
Season 14Episode 760 min

Ambush at Rio Lobo

Ben and a pregnant woman named Teresa are held hostage by desperate outlaws, who plot to rob a stagecoach and force the two to go along with the scheme.
Oct 24, 1972
The 26th Grave
Season 14Episode 860 min

The 26th Grave

Mark Twain ruffles dangerous feathers in Virginia City with accusations of claim-jumping and murder.
Oct 31, 1972
Stallion
Season 14Episode 960 min

Stallion

The moving tale of Little Joe and his beloved black stallion, which Ben purchases for his son as a birthday gift.
Nov 14, 1972
The Hidden Enemy
Season 14Episode 1060 min

The Hidden Enemy

Dr. Will Agar is Virginia City's new town doctor, and brings with him new skills and expertise to treat area residents' health maladies. Only thing is, Dr. Agar is seriously addicted to morphine, and it results in serious trouble for everyone.
Nov 28, 1972
The Sound of Sadness
Season 14Episode 1160 min

The Sound of Sadness

A lonely old man opens his home to two orphan boys but runs into bureaucratic opposition when attempting to adopt them.
Dec 5, 1972
The Bucket Dog
Season 14Episode 1260 min

The Bucket Dog

Jamie obtains an Irish setter pup and forms a special bond between dog and man. The dog's owner learns the puppy is at the Ponderosa and arrives to claim it ... so he can put it to sleep (since it was a runt and, according to the master, an inferior example of the breed. The dog is soon in a trial for its life.
Dec 19, 1972
First Love
Season 14Episode 1360 min

First Love

Jamie becomes friends with the wife of an unpopular schoolmaster, who often browbeats her.
Dec 26, 1972
The Witness
Season 14Episode 1460 min

The Witness

An elderly business associate of Ben's is killed after a man, posing as Candy, tries to rob her; the woman suffers a fatal heart attack, which - since it happens during the commission of a felony - is considered to be the same as if the assailant had pulled the trigger. The real Candy, who had been assaulted at a hotel by the same man, is held in connection with the old woman's death. A woman named Kate is the only one who can back up Candy's alibi, but she has left town with her husband, who is the thief. Griff agrees to go after Kate and have her provide a statement. Only thing is, he discovers - as Ben and Joe do later - that she, too, has a past that, if revealed at trial, could do serious harm to Candy's defense. Meanwhile, Ben is unsure about the young defense attorney's ability to defend Candy, particularly since the state's attorney has a nearly spotless conviction record. But the budding lawyer is determined to play David to the prosecutor's Goliath.
Jan 2, 1973
The Marriage of Theodora Duffy
Season 14Episode 1560 min

The Marriage of Theodora Duffy

A serious game of ""let's pretend"" begins when Griff and government agent Theodora Duffy pose as husband and wife to capture a gang of war criminals.
Jan 9, 1973
The Hunter
Season 14Episode 1660 min

The Hunter

In what turned out to be the series finale, Little Joe is making a delivery for Ben when he meets Bill Tanner, a psychotic killer that is posing as a soldier he has killed. His delivery wagon stolen and sans supplies, food or water, Joe - whom Tanner has called his ""prey"" - tries to evade the well-stocked madman, who takes sadistic pleasure in his role as a predator.
Jan 16, 1973

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